#4E2C96#4E2C96

#4E2C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.163 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C96
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 40.86, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 66.68, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0614 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.163 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5461, 5.6227, 29.4306)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C96 #74962C

analogous

#2C3F96 #4E2C96 #832C96

triadic

#4E2C96 #964E2C #2C964E

tetradic

#4E2C96 #962C3F #74962C #2C9683

square

#4E2C96 #962C3F #74962C #2C9683

split-complementary

#4E2C96 #96832C #3F962C

monochromatic

#1D1037 #351E67 #4E2C96 #673AC5 #8B69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4E2C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C96

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C96	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.163 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b6',
    500: '#4e2c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c96;
$custom-light: #8668b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40105,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C96

secondary

#9EBA64

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C96

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